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Apparently the makers of this film only looked at the cover of a "Krampus: for dummies" book. The movie is extremely slow and must have had a 2k budget, but what really made this a 1 star review, is they only made a movie about an ancient demon with horns that hates kids and they mentioned twice it happened to be Christmas. They don't seem to know what Krampus is at all.

Krampus Origins (2018) is a movie that I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline takes place shortly after World War I when a military officer finds an artifact and is killed shortly after. The artifact is sent to his widow who happens to run an orphanage. When the kids at the orphanage accidentally summon Krampus, the widow and orphans will have to try and stop him.

This movie is directed by Joseph Mbah (Battlefield 2025) and stars Maria Olsen (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief), Anna Harr (Hot Seat), Amelia Haberman (The Covenant, 2017), Katie Peabody (Lear's Shadow) and Dustin James Leighton (Exit to Hell).

This is not a good movie. The attire and settings are okay, but the acting and dialogue is very average. The plot drags and doesn't have enough horror scenes; but when they do have horror sequences, they are average and disappointing. Even the background horror music is average and Krampus doesn't look like the cover.

Overall, this is a movie that gets stale fast and stays there. I would score this a 2/10 and recommend skipping it.

I actually liked the new take on Krampus as more of a human entity, and enjoyed the fact it wasn't just a slasher. Even though it was low budget they managed to cast a couple of decent actors with some credits behind them (Maria Olsen and Anna Harr). The rest of the actors ranged from adequate, to over the top bad. The bad consisted of actors trying to pull off dialects and accents that were beyond their ability, to the supremely annoying and over acted stuttering character of Bram. To sum it up worth a watch if you don't expect too much given the budget, also if you're a gore fan you will definitely be disappointed.

The movie's introduction states that the action commences in December 1918. However by that time actual WW1 hostilities had ended on November 11, 1918.

It's a waste of time. I dare you to watch this and give it more than 3 stars. My kids put together better productions with hand socks.

Krampus Origins tells the tale of how everything started in Krampus movie series. Premise is enticing - where did the monster come from? Krampus movies have been very entertaining so far and a movie set in medieval Germany would have been inspiring.

For my great grief - this movie is not fulfilling the promise of Krampus franchise. First of all, sound mixing.. and everything related to sound, music included, was rubbish. Gun shots and explosions at the first part of the film were muffled, probably recorded at the sound stage.

Lighting and set design all were disappointments. Actors were hired from small town playhouse with a promise of one warm meal a day and credits in the film. Special FX.. these were none. Monster himself, Krampus, was just a horned buff dude with some black paint on him. Probably directors cousin who lifts weights.

I hope that, who ever owns the rights to the name Krampus, would be more careful who can make films in this franchise.

At the end of WW I, the new teacher at an orphanage finds that a lost trinket sent by her husband from the war has been used by the curious children living there to summon the mystic demon Krampus who begins a deadly rampage at the location forcing them to band together to stop the creature.

While it does have some flaws, there are some positives here. The most likable element present is the rather nice backstory throughout here, which manages to include some intriguing real-life connections. The opening in WW I, with the soldiers shown infiltrating the German bunker to stop the creation of the creature as the scientist attempts to bring it to life, gives this a solid lead-in to the scenes at the orphanage where the same materials infiltrate their grounds starting up the creature's return. This is all handled rather nicely here as the build-up of the life at the orphanage as well as how the introduction of the summoning artifact to the building takes place provides a pretty intriguing start to this one. Once the introduction has been handled, this one does pick up rather nicely as the terror of their newfound visitor carries a lot of weight. With all sorts of strange maladies and physical interactions caused by his presence while in human form introduced at first, there's a nice setup present here that gives way to the creatures' attacks in the final half of the film. As the creature starts to get more involved with chasing down the kids and the other staff members, the darker lighting and mystic fog that sprouts up offer somewhat creepy images as the creature walks through the dark corridors trying to stop it while the occasional flashes to the group preparing their own vigils against it. These here are what hold it up over its flaws. The main flaw in the film is that the low-budget nature of this one shines through rather prominently, giving off a pretty overwhelming tone throughout here. The few soldiers used to denote the war taking place, the singular location of the orphanage and the utterly awful CGI used for the Krampus which looks like cut-scenes from a video game all come off truly apparent of what it's like here. The bland pacing and overly cheesy storyline don't help much, and there's a pretty blatant series of simple sets where it's placed at just hamper this one down as well. The other problem here is the sloppy and utterly underwhelming finale, which has no real bearing on the storyline brought up previously as the inclusion of mysticism and spell-casting is just lame, and the flat-out abrupt ending is simply jarring with the way it's handled. These here are what hold this one back.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.

So bad I couldn't get through it. I tried to hang in there but it just kept going lower and lower.

This movie is a terrible Christian knock off of the original Krampus I grew up knowing and loving. This movie barely introduces Krampus it is mostly talking about how he some German demon with horns who hates everyone especially children and it barely even showed Krampus , Krampus is only shown near the end of the entire film for about only 15 minutes in total , I watched this movie on Tubi Thinking it was going to somewhat be like the original film but boy I was completely wrong !!! It's nothing but a sad film trying to be something remake of a great Christmas horror film. In all honesty this movie is nothing but a embarrassment !!! ( 1 star )

Acting for most part was decent. Ambiance was not very believable as 1913 even though the tried. Very drawn out in the beginning but it was better than when we saw the monster. I refuse to call it Krampus. I dont know what it was supposed to be. I sat through over an hour (it seemed) of nothing but dialog that was questionable at times, for EVERY SINGLE death was done OFFSCREEN! Yea. Zero Krampus death scenes, unbelievable period piece and the absolute worst Krampus design. The Krampus dialog gave secondhand embarrassment for sure and the story didn't even line up with the legend. Had promise.

I don't like writing negative comments but this mess richly deserves to be panned. It has only the slimmest ties with the original film and absolutely none of the class. There are a lot of good things about the digital revolution such as film restoration, home media & the like. One of the biggest problems with it though is that people who should not be making films now have the means within their grasp.The old saying holds true here- "Just because you can doesn't mean you should". Avoid this film if you place any value on your time at all.

Acting and cinematography were surprisingly competent. Peabody, Olsen, Hall, and surprisingly Waxman were pretty great. The stock music and special effects took me out of it but other than that I'm impressed for a low budget straight to dvd horror movie.

Why do good movies always have to be ruined by cheap second rate studios coming out with prequels or sequels that are poorly done? This is as disappointing as the cloverfield paradox and beyond skyline

Making this a period piece was really ambitious and its take on the Krampus story is certainly creative but it ultimately falls flat and becomes a shore to get through because of its flawed execution.

Decent production values and cinematography for what it is but lacking on almost every other aspect including the writing, pacing and directing.

From the get-go the movie is riddled with MAJOR errors including saying that Arizona was a Territory in 1918, when it became a state in 1912, the orphanage has Awning of steel and glass right out of the year 2000. But...one doesn't expect perfection from a fairly low budget horror movie, so they are forgiven. However, a film about Krampus and his legend right out European folk lore SHOULD know that folklore and the identity of who and what Krampus is according to history.

The acting is pretty lousy from ALL the adults and most of the kids. One would expect the writing to attempt to recreate an aura of the World War One era, the way people talked and how they expressed themselves.... NONE of that here! The kids talk like big city street kids using modern expressions and idioms!

And the way they depicted this Roman Catholic orphanage and its priest are pretty shoddy and offensive.... I am offended and I am NOT a Catholic!! Pure Krapus!!!!

This film is good and should get attention this has a mix of horror ,gore and fantasy in it and I'm a huge fan of horror fantasy so i recommend you watch this masterpiece

WW1 ended in 1918, Novembre 11. for your information. There is no way that ww1 was still happening till december. If you want to make a movie get your facts right and hire better actors. Couldn't even watch the movie because of it's inaccuracy.

Recently Watched the original Krampus for the first time with our 12 year old son. He loved the concept and the characters that much we decided to download this one. To say we were all disappointed is an understatement. We found the storyline tedious and incredibly boring. Even our twelve year old was bored to tears. We made ourselves watch until the end. Some of the acting was good, (and knowing the film was low budget we tried to give some leeway) despite this we could not give this movie more than one star. Personal opinion- avoid at all costs, it's an hour and a half of your life you'll never get back.